Hoffman posters….the preservation of

In October, I excitedly accepted dozens of posters from the Gertrude Hoffman Collection. These turn of the last century posters were wonderful and also brittle after being folded inside a trunk for many years. I’ve finally seen a light at the end of this tunnel and delivered 4 encapsulated posters to the closed stacks today. This leaves 3 posters to finish-all are large and brittle. All three of these posters will be handled differently by encapsulation, Japanese paper backing or a simple paper repair. It’s been exciting to work on these posters that are all close to 100 years old. It will be equally exciting to send them back to Special Collections storage preserved and in a condition to be described and actually used.